Which to use
“remplacée” and “remplacez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,288
- “remplacée” frequency rank
- #34,720
- “remplacez” frequency rank
- 46008
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacée | remplacez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de remplacer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remplacer. |
Same sound, different letters: remplacée vs remplacez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. remplacée (CVCCCVCVV) and remplacez (CVCCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: remplacée vs remplacez
This is the hard kind. remplacée and remplacez are pronounced identically (\ʁɑ̃.pla.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46008, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remplacée is recorded at frequency rank #11,288, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pla.se\. remplacez is at rank #34,720, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pla.se\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 46008, this pair ranks #198,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remplacée vs remplacez
Shared letters: acelmpr. Private to "remplacée": é. Private to "remplacez": z.
"remplacée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV · "remplacez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remplacez ← ermplacez · remlpacez · remmplacez · rempalcez · remplaccez · remplacezz · remplacze · remplaecz
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remplacée" for "remplacez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "remplacée" or "remplacez" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacée" and "remplacez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplacez vs replacé". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #198,334 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.